INTRODUCTION
Between 1899 and 1902, the United States fought a
battle against Filipino rebels lead by Emilio Aguinaldo (1), and
based the call for the this reactionary military process on
increasing American imperialism and the sense of a threat against
American interests. Almost three quarters of a century later, the
United States would once again enter into a political and
imperialist battle defined not only by the desire to maintain
control over American interests, but also out of a directive based
on what some asserted as a moral and ethical obligation. The
similarities between the US involvement in the Philippines and the
actions during the Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973) underscore the span
of American imperialism and the application of military control as
an American ideal.

THE PHILLIPINESEmilio
Aguinaldo led a rebel revolt against the government of the
Philippines in 1896 that led to the initiation of American
interventions in what has been deemed the Philippine/American War.
Like the Vietnam Conflict, this military action was defined first by
American opposition to the rebellion, and then the assertion of
American rights to protect self-interest in this region of the
world........